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PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER, OCTOBER 13, 1883.
THE PACIFIC
(Commercial Ubcritscr.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 13, 1SS3
A tran-e ami entirely uutrue fctory haa
been sent from New York to a Belgian pa
per and from thence cojie 1 into important
journal in Kngland, France, Austria, Spain
au 1 Itly. In its origin it roust have been
the invention of some rnaliciom enemy of
Kin;? Kalakaua, who ha imposed upon
some per-w& who wa entirely ignorant of
the alT-tir of thli country, and Las accepted
the Htory without investigation and with
out clearly comprehending what had been
t .I ltohini. The l,.dnpt,dencc ll'l'Jt, in
which thi tale fir-t the light.has for a
v.-ry long pei'io I been recognied as one of
tlie'her-t and m t ably conducted of Euro
i an journal-, and tli" n-irratives and e.x
prosaions of opinion .-orreanondent-s
are tccrtd every wh-r of the highest j
value. It -. thref're, not at all Mirpri-.ii;
that th.-r Kurojan jvrnals huuld have
uid.eitatingly opiel : ' itcinent circuru--t.mtia:iy
given by the New York corres
pondent of a paper o. liigli reputation.
Hat it is wry surprising that a man of the
pr,,irin, and ability as a journalist, of this
correspondent should have lent himself to
the r r -p ig.vtion of a s-tory which carries i ts
ourn contradiction rn its face.
We give h'low a verhutim copy of the
paragraph to which w? refer. It forms
part cf a letter dated New York, August
11th, fiom the regular correspondent of the
fnd'nd-nc IJ'ly iu that city. The iff
liornnce of the writer as to Hawaiian af
fairs is conspicuously shown by his speak
ing of King Kalak.aua a inheriting the
thrne from his brother Ielt-iohoka. His
statement that His Majesty the IvIh has
been called upon to answer before the Su
preme f'ourt of the Kingdom a charge of
ah-trading an important document from
the Registry Office is ju-t as veracious, and
just as absurd. It is understood and gener
ally known here that a difference exists be
tween the heirs of the late I'rincess Ruth
and the heirs of Leleiohoku r of whom His
Majesty is one) as to certain alleged verbal
agreements between the latter and the
Prine-ss. It is equally well known that
this difference is of old .standing and began
long hef.,r. the death of H. R. H. Ruth.
Cut there isnosuit pending in the Supreme
Court of the Kingdom about this matter,
neither is it probable that there will be.
And as to the story of the King being pros
ecuted in his own Courts for the theft of a
deed, it is so utterly absurd on the face of
it, as according to the constitution of the
Kingdom His Majesty cannot be pursued
in a court of law, that we do not understand
how any intelligent man could have cred
ited it.
It seems highly probable that the parties
really to blame for the circulation of this
Absurd and vicious story are the publishers
of a certain scurrilous print, issued weekly
in this town, who, in breach of all rule,
gave publicity to a report of proceedings
before a Judge in chambers, in which,
uiiJt-r a special law of this Kingdom "for
the rpetuation of testimony" (that may
Ios-ibly be hereafter) required, the evi
dence of a former steward of the late Prin
cess was taken. The publication of a re
port f th ? proceedings was u serious con
tempt f Court, and would, in any other
country, have been punished as such. Here,
although brought under the notice of the
Jn lge in an official manner, it passed un
reproved. That the publication was made
with the malicious hopt of injuring one
who was unable to defend himself agaiust
the implied slander there can be no doubt.
Rut that the.slauler cjuH ever, from such
a source, ha ve found its way into the
columns of a reputah'e Kuropean jousnal
without the intervention of wme malig
na. t ierson in the United States is very
imii'h open t doubt.
The following is the paragraph from the
Utter of the New York correspondent of
the Jn Irpendmcr tye,referrel to above:
a.i-u-atin re vi.-nt d'etre portee contrc
tin utonar-pf o-ranin. l rot de ite Stnlwich.
dint 1'arii'"' e-t inru..-uriu-iit att.'udtit a Sail
Fririk-i.s.-i-c , a il f int itter aa i-oncU v tricii
n.it d-- i-l:'vali -r tfmplifr. Kdakiaa. lor, a la
to rt 'I- i fi'-T' Ltl-'whokri. r 1ST7. a hvrite
nm 4 ul- ruen: da tr-rv. mai more de la fortune
do cilui-i. c c-tt f.rtan vruait en grainK-pa-ti
la pritK'tf.- Ku'b K'-.likoUui. J-;rnier
riij .'t' d- la li-t- royals d- Kinharu'ba. qui ue
p. avail p.-t s.urTrir KaUWaua. raaU avait une
gr m I ' iktXt'd u pir a frrv. aa picl elle avail
a t d-' n :u?r"i'M Ub ra!u-. t'. i arrivaut ao
p avoir. KilkW tu crut J mi ii.M faire, ptir e
oiaeiUi'-r la jrini" I'.ith, en lut rctrocedant.
par a.itU?ii:..i:i. t"ti4 1J lie iuVl!e avail
dsnai's in .l.-f.iat. Or. ta prin Iluth vient do
mjarir. t en '.!'ri.-Unt. p ur lin lor a jucce
i u. l'act-j ! rctruce.-i'n c u-cuti par KaUViua,
ou n'a pa le retrrave.-. ruai in a decoiivert que
Ci-t act avail ite son.ttrait du T.urrau d't nnyistre-Ll-'tt.
par orjre da Rui, arant que le foruialitti
ce'Cs-taircs auat ete reruplic. Telle est 1'accnna
tion d nt KalaWaaa aura a rrpondre dovant la cur
upTem' d-s lie Sandwich, qui est saUie de
I'aflaire.
The New Hawaiian Coinage.
Specimen pieces of the new coinage of the
denomination of one dollar, one-half dollar,
one-fourth aud one-eighth ofa dollar were
received by Mr. Spreckels p-.r Mariposa
Monday, who handed them over to the
Government. The coins are very finely ex
ecuted. The profile of the King on all the
coins is in very bld and clear relief aud is
a gojd side-face likeness. The coins present
a large, clear, brilliant space between the
central design, (which is the royal portrait
on one side and the royal coat of arms on
obverse) and the margin. The lettering is el
egant In the form of the characters and very
neatly executed, and altogether the new
Kalakaua coins of this King loin will be
esteemed among the most beautiful speci
mens of numismatic art aud will be prized
by all the collectors of coins, and will no
dtubt b-j assured a hearty welcome in the
pocket of every resident of these Islands.
Owing to an additional formality being
required at the Philadelphia mint, the ar
rival of the new coins in quantity will be
delayed yet another steamer. The eighth
of a dollar piece will n t be coined, bat it
will e superceded by the dime and five
ent piece.
Prospects of a European War.
According: to latest dispatches from Eu
th rlinlornatic relations between iav.
eral of the great European natious haveaU
ready become exceedingly straighteued
and thare appears to be good reason to fear
that then will soon be another war be
tween Franee and Germany whih seem
likely to involve most of the other great
continental powers in the issue. Russia es
pecially manifests a keen appreciation of
the condition of affairs and eras to appre
hend difficulties In the near faturi by the
extraordinary mobilization of trooi along
the German and Autrlan fiu:iti-i- and by
the late ordeis which she ha-, given for in.l
itary provision-! and munition-, of war. It
is announced too that Ku--:a ha- ordered
seven of her gunboats to us.-eiuble :it a -Ui-tiou
in the I'atiiic which has been desig
nated only through Ru.-ian otli..-ial chan- (
uels .secretly but which i. undi r-t o 1 to be j
some llixzt Indian port. Tiie dc-ign of tiii-' '
naval movement variously interpreted.
Uy the French it is sa id that it N the object i
of Ru.-sia to so station her men-of-war ihat
in the event of a rupture between Germany
and France- she- may i rev upon German
commerce in the western Pacific. I5y the
enemies of France it is sai l that li is-ia i-,
jealous of t lie- progress ol French arms in
Tonquin and ha- .--nt an armament to
watch the progress of event-, and if cca- j
si-n oflers will hr-r.-elf H in and take a
part in the- Fmnco-rhine-e cmi; dication-j !
which st i 1 1 threaten var. From a human'.- '
tarian j-oint of view A course a general Fu- i
ropeau war is greatly to be di prc-cated by ,
the whole world but in otU.-r r-pc-ts what I
Will lo to ll..- bedi.L'erent J. .W. I - Ulii be
a gain to neutral governments in as iiun h
a- the money of tl 'ise i o.Ies who appeal '
to the arbitrament of amis rnu-t go in I a rye t
sums towards the purcha-e of provi-ions .
frm ih-taiit and .-aceahh- iieihhirs. ;
Xeveithele-. what many neutral powers ;
might gain in this way will h" ulmo-t
counterbalanced by the inconvenience that j
will be cau-ed to their commcn e by the
blockading of poits. A war between 1 -ranee
and China will probably e fleet r.t once the
price of rice in all the markets of the woi Id,
and Hawaii as a rice producing coun
try will, in ca-e the impending Tranco
Chitie.se difficulties reach a crisis, be bene
fitted. War however, is a ery cruel, .-ol-emuand
terrible thing to contemplate, and
it is to be hoped that mutual compromise
and enlightened aihitrame-nt will settle all
international nii-und'T-i.iu linifs an i that
after all, the present i-ouiplieate.l :tul e x
tremely threatening a-oeet ofaltair-in Fu
rope will not lead into the awful disaster of
a general continental war.
A New Patent.
An Englishman of large cxperieii.ej.
sheep raiser ami wool stapler, both in Great
Britain and Australia, has invented a new
wool-scouring machine which promises to
be of very great utility lo producers of wool.
It has recently bee'i given a trial in New
Zealand with the most satisfactory results.
Over three hundred pounds of word wore
put through the machine, which is described
as "stamps undei which the wool pass
es in a series of watertight boxes or trollies.
There are two tanks, one holding the hot
water and leyo (snap and sola), and the
other cold water, for supplying the boxes
in which the fleeces are placed. First the
boxes, which are mounted on wheels, are
run up to the tanks in succession on a
traveling railway, charged with hot leye
and cold water, till the requi-ite tempera
ture has been attained, when thefieeecs arc
placed in them. They are then run along
the rails till they come under the stampers,
which are forty pounds weight each, and
twelve in number. I hey are in two sec
tions, the motion in each section being re
versi'd, so as to thoroughly equalise the
pressure over the whole tleece. The stamp
ing process lasts about a quarter of a min
ute. The wool is then carried on to a pair
of metal rollers, where' it is sijeczvd and
wrung out, and from tlience it passes on a
travelling rack back again to the hand of
the dipper, who repeats t he pro. vs., a second
time. On reaching his hand oa the last oc
casion, it is placed in ha-kets and carried
to the drying racks, w here it is s j-n-ad out
aud dried. The boxes have plugs fur run
ning out the waste water. Five- boxes run
ning like an enlless belt arc sufficient to
keep the machine going, th-; w hole labor
being one mati and four b.y.s.' The stamp
ers may be worked eitlc r with h.r-e
or steam iowe-r. Wool shipped from these
Islands Is often in a greasy or unwashed
condition which cllects its value very ma
terially in the market at San Francisco.
Wool seoure-d by the new invention
not require to be- cleaned in any way
again until it is manufacture I and will
therefore command a higher market pric
on that account. The great advantage of
the new machine is that it does not cost
much and can be conveniently placed on
any sheep ranch so that each fh eev can be
scoured as soon as it is cut before i I
packed, "at less exp.n-io an I better r.valts
than by any other inethol.'' According
to the rejorts which we have seen of the
invention it is being iutro luced every
ranch, big or small, in New Zealand, and
everywhere it lias proved to be profitable
and answers entirely the purpose for which
it was made. It woul 1 seem to be wort h
while t introduce tic- newly invented wool
cleaner here for if il is as useful as repre
sented to be, it would save much in the price
of wool to our island producers.
Arctic Exploration-
Among the most melancholy disasters of
modern times there are to be numbered
those that have occurred in Aretic seas and
which have involved the whde or paifial
loss of vessels and crews sent out to discov
er a northwest passage from the Atlantic to
the Pacific Ocean. America, England and
Germany have at various times fitted out
expeditions to invade the ice-locked region
at the north, and although omo minor dis
coveries have beMMi made and the geogra
phy of some extremely northern localities
partially determined, yet it is difficult to
see just what benefits are to accrue to the
world from all that has yet been as
certained about the polar trountry. If the
long looked for northwest passage is discov
eied of what practical utility will it prove
since it mut bo always blocked
more or Iush with dangerous ice
bergs and at some seasons of the
year entirely closel by impassable bar
riers of ice. The expeditions that have
most recently been fitted out to explore this
mysterious country have attracted world
wide attention, and those who have went
forth as commanders in charge of them
have been regarded as heroes, and, indeed,
the terrible sufferings and hardships
which have usually been encountered an i
the awful sacrifices of life that have often
been made are impressive incidents that
may well render men heroic. The last gre'at
sensation connected with Arctic explora
tion is the report of the failure of the
expedition sent out to relieve Lieutenant
Greejy, who is imprisoned amid the chill
solitudes aud desdation of tli 3 eternal Are
tic winter, and who has uow no means of
obtaiuing succor or communicating with
the inhabited world. That he and his offi
cers and crew are still alive seem to bo
proven, but it is uncer.aiu whether his
party has been wrecked or has run out of
applies. .Some time ago'thePrpteu3 under
f command of Lieutenant Garlingtou, U. B.
N. was chartered by the American author
ities and sent to ruled ve the Greely party,
but this relief expedition has failed to ac
complish its purpo.se and ended in auother
j disaster to be added to the long appalling
list of e-a'ta strophes that have occurred in
the Arctic seas. It is now generally cou-
cede.. by all America that still
I another relict party ought to be scut out.but
; it is also acknowledged that it cannot be
! .sent with any promise of success until an
other season. Therefore the unfortunate
men that went out full of hope in the Greely
expedition must live auother j-ear as
host they can or die, in the forlorn and dis
tant u-gion, of starvation aud exposure. "Ve
in Hawaii can scarcely realize how severe
and desolate tbe Arctic country is. Resi
dents in this land enjoy the blessings of
plenty in a delightful climate where all the
luxuries of civilization and cultured society
abound. In contrasting our condition with
that of the ice-bound explorers of the north
ern .-eas there ought to s-.ring up .a senti
ment of gratitude rmd sympathy in the
brea-t of everv resw.-.it .f Hawaii. The
coinpaia ively trilling difficulties aud dan
. gers that are here encountered are certainly
insignificant when placed beside those
' which not only the Arctic exp lorers but
iiiultitu les of other people are compelled to
! suffer. Gratitude in recognition of the
; bounties our residents universally enjoy
! should unite all the people of Hawaii closer
j in fraurnal bonds and palliate all the
j trilling differences that are sometimes
j exaggerated to create ill feeling and ill
will.
Honolulu.
The ciiizensof all countries are, or ought
to be, proud of their capital city. Hono
lulu has peculiar attractions, aside from
those which distinguish an ordinarily
thrifty town abroad. Residents here have
become so much accustomed to the
creditable- a-peets of local society, scenery
and institutions that they do not fully ap
preciate them or give them the measure of
applause which they so entirely merit.
Abroad, however, our capital is usually
spoken of as a paragon of healthfulness,
beauty aud general attractiveness. The
rn'oval Fal ace, and Aliiolani Hale, sur
rounded with its neat grounds, with the
statue of Kamehameha I, are worthy of
ospecial mention as objects that will
strongly impress the stranger. The visitor
w ho casually rides about the city will also
be piea-ed with the style of the abodes of
our wealthy residents, some of which are
especially remarkable for the air of rest
that seems to surround them. Then the
whole city outside that portion especially
devoted to business is embowered in ver
dure to a greater extent than the majority
of foreign to-viis, and the variety and
luxuriance of this vegetation, embracing
many kinds of tropical and semi-tropical
piauts, shrubs and (lowers, cannot fail to
convey to thcey-iofa visitor, who observes
them for the first time, an impression of
summer repose, fragrance and beauty. Rut
aside from the many line sights and scenery
which enviion Honolulu on every hand,
and which strangers are sure to appreciate,
we can speak with equal pride of the many
associations and institutions which flourish
in the city. The schools are worthy of a
foremost place in the catalogue of useful
institutions. The various private and pub
lic .seminaries of instruction are, without
exception, enduete-d with -the best skill
and utmost ze-al.and the large daily attend
ance proves that they are fully appreciated
by all our residents. Our public libraries
arc also worthy of consideration. The col
lection ot books at the Government build
ing is large, and although incomplete as
yet, it is nevertheless cre'ditable, and new
works are constantly beiug added. The
Honolulu Library Association is showing
its enterprise and success by the building
which is now being erected, and although
it is not patronized as well as it should be, it
possesses a large and choice collection of
books that all can avail themselves of
when they choose. For a place of public
amusement, the Music Hall answers all re
quirements, aud although it has not proved
a financial success, it will doubtless soon
become a centre of attraction under the
management of the new proprietors, Mr.
Spreckels and Mr. Irwin. In every respect
Honolulu is becoming a model city as the
commercial centre and capital ofa prosper
ous country ought t be.
The sensational reports in regard to the
annexation of various l'olyuesian Islands,
and more especially the New Hebrides
group, has received a final quietus from the
governments which, it was alleged, were
anxious to throw a protectorate over them.
A dispatch, dated London, the 10th ultimo,
says: "In replying to a question in the
H on -c of Lords, Earl Granville stated that
England and France would respect their
agreement in regard to the New Hebrides
archipelago, and would probably not annex
anv of the islands in the Pacific."
The Hongkong sugar refinery has found
a new channel through which to dispose of
its product. Some time ago a cargo of sugar
manufactured especially for the San Fran
cisco market was shipped from the Hong
kong mill per the steamer Coptic and .sold
directly to retail dealers on the Coast at a
price slightly less than the ruling rates
charged by the San Franciseo refineries.
The venture has proved a success, as a fair
profit was realised in spite of the duty
which hail to be paid upon the importation.
The effect which the single cargo had upon
the San Fraucisco market was
, of course, j
insignificant, but if the importation should
be carried on to any considerable exteut, as
now seems likely to be the case, the result
will be that the value of sugar refined on
the Coast will soon be reduced to a rate cor
responding with the price at which the for
eign refined article is sold. Of course auy
depreciation in the market value of sugar
on the Coast will effect immediately the
Hawaiian producer. Although the sugar
refiners of Hongkong are at a disadvantage
in that they must pay a duty, in other re
spects, on the contrary, they have the bet
ter of the San Francisco refiners, in that
the price of labor and h uce the cost of re
fining in Ilongsong, is considerably less
thau what it is on the Coast. In the mat
ter of competing with sugar refineries out-
sid-j of the United Statc.3, the planters of
tnese Islands and the refinery companies
of San Francisco are equally interested, and
although there is no danger that Cliiuese
sugar will drive the Hawaiian proluctout
of the market, or even very materially ef-
fect values, yet it behooves those who are
engaged in the sugar industry on these Is
lands to watch the effect which the new
competition will have upon prices, aud
guard against any manoeuvres which may
be made by speculators to bring about tem
porary abnormal depression in the market,
for the sake of making il'igitimately large
profits in some crooked way.
In notiug the arrival of the Coptic from
Hongkong, with a cargo of sugar, and com
meutiug thereon, the California Groctrand
Merchant says :
" This product is now ofFered direct to re
tail merchants at prices which must prove
attractive. The sugar is the product of a
refinery in Hongkoug, aud manufactured
expressly for this market according to what
are known as California grades. The im
porter seeks the retail merchants direct,
and offers the sugar in such quantities as
buyers may desire. It is most substantially
and admirably put up in new drill bags of
150 pounds net each, and so protected by
matting that it may safely be shipped to any
part of the Coast. Merchants on this coast
are accustomed to buying sugar in barrels
and half-barrels, but for purposes of retail
ing the bags are quite as convenient and
more economical in the matter of freight.
Auother advantage is that one bag is equiv
alent to a half-barrel and can be purchased
at less than the California price for barrels.
In introducing this product the importer
follows the standards already know n; lieiice
buyers will experience no difficulty in hand
ling the suirar."
Yellow Fever in the Port of San Francisco-
On the 29th of September last the steam
er Newburn arrived in San Francisco har
bor from Mexican Pacific ports, with five
cases of yellow fever aboard. The vessel was
boarded by the health authorities, who
upou learning of the crew that the ship was
infected, immediately ordered her to be
placed in quarantine. Every precaution
will be taken to prevent the disease spread
ing to the city. In this case the Quaran
tine Officer has acted very much as our
health authorities here did in respect to the
Madras when in our port with smallpox
patients on board, in that the sick men on
board the Newbern are not permitted to
land, nor is anyone permitted to go ashore,
but the sick and well alike are placed in
quarantine on the ship. Although this may
seem like a cruel measure, it is nevertheless
deemed a necessary precaution against the
spread of the terrible infectious disease.
There is scarcely a remote probability that
the malady will be communicated to the
shore from the Newbern, aud even if it
should be, the opinion prevails that the re
sult would not be disastrous because of the.
omparatively cold climate of San Francis
co at the present time. The yellow fever
does not appear in a malignant type except
in a tropical or semi-tropical atmosphere.
Frost seems to kill the fever germ. Dr. W.
A. McCully, a physician who has had much
experience in the treatment of the disease
in the southern portion of the Uni ted States,
during some of the great epidemics of ti mes
past, says, "that a temperature of 70 15 is un
favorable to the propagation of the disease
and if continuous will destroy it, but I
believe the disease may be introduced into
any part of the country and be dangerous
when the continuous daily temperature is
72 for two months." According to the
statement ofa San Fraucisco contemporary
the mean temperature of th atmosphere
at that place during the Summer and Fall
months is as follows: June 56; July 57;
August 57; Septembor 58; October 57, and
November 54. It therefore seems very im
probable that there is auy need to fear the
yellow fever will become an epidemic in
the metropolitan city of the Coast, even if
the disease should spread from the Newbern,
but if it should, there would be a necessity
c t .n.ajiiy guarding the port of Honolulu
against the remote contingency of having
the dreadful malady introduced here by
vessels coming from San Francisco.
A REMARKABLE STORY.
Two Children that are Half Human,
Half Alligator.
Perhaps the greatest living curiosities
now in existence in this country will pass
through lhi3 city on their way to Cincin
nati and Louisville next Tuesday. About
two years ago Mr. Charles Lewis of the
Lewis Rros.' "Bloody Combination Com
pany," iu passing through the State, dis
covered, about fifteen miles below St. Au
gustine, a family of white persons, consist
ing of John McDonald, his wife and five
children. Two of the children he found to
be half human half alligator. He at once
contracted with the parents to give him the
management of the children, and agreed to
pay them twenty-five elollars per mouth to
care for them until such time as he saw fit
to take them away. A few weeks ago Mr.
Lewis returned to the State for the purpose
of taking the children North, and on
Wednesday arrived in this city to arrange
for their trrnsportation. He will go to St.
Augustiue Monday after the children, and
arrive in this city with them perhaps on
Tuesday morning, aud will remain here
about five hours before leaving for Louis
ville. Mr. Lewis does not intend to exhibit
them here, except perhaps to a few friends
and acquaintances.
These children are now nearly nine years
of age and have never been to exceed ten
miles from their home, and consequently
have never been placed on exhibition.
Their bodies, arms aud heads from their
hips up are perfectly formed, wjiile from
the hips down they present the identical ap
pearance of an alligator, having a per
fectly formed tail about five feet in length,
together with the hind feet and legs of the
alligator. They crawl around on their
hands aud feet, converse intelligently, aud
seem to enjoy life very much. They live
part of the time in the water, which they
enjoy very much, using their tails while
gwimming, the same as the alligator, to
propel their bodies. They are healthy,
good-looking and well-developed children,
and outside of their love for water their
general imode of living is the same as that
of other human beiugs. Jacksonville
(Florida) Times.
The carelessness of smokers is prover
bial. Innumerable fires are oaused by their
matches, sparks and cigar stubs, and they
are responsible for the destruction of much
property. It is not uncommon to see men,
with pipes iu their mouths, among the
shaving heaps in carpenter's shops, or in
places where sawdust, paper shavings aud
substauces equally igui table abound ; but
smokers don't very often light their pipes
iq a powder magazine. Something of this
sort happened a few days ago in Betchau,
ja small village near Quebec. Fourteen
j men were dividing two kegs of powder. A
; spark from one man's pipe, which he
j smoked as freely as though he were in a
brick yard, fell into the powder, with a re
suit that readily can be conceived and
needs no description. The building in which
they were at work was blown to atoms, and
the men were terribly mangled. VVhen
they are able to sit up. the most of them
will probably call for a T. D. and a plug as
a solace for their pains.
NEWS FROM THE NEW
HEBRIDES.
A Detachment frjm a British Slan-of-War
Avenges the Murder of Captain
Belhin-
The French man-of-war Bruat arrived on
the loth of August from Ambrym, New
Hebrides, with important news. At the
begiuniugof the mouth two Queensland
labor vessels, the Lizzie and the Borough
Belle, were there. The natives complained
to. Captain Belbiu, of the latter vessel, that
the Lizzie had taken one of their women
against her will. Captain Belbin and the
Government agent went on board the Liz
zie, aud found that there was no truth in
the statement. He returned on shore,wheu
the natives fired into the boat, and Captain
Belbin was killed. He was a native of
Nova Scotia, and was well known in the
island trade, and was formerly comman
der of the Jessie Kelly. H. M. S. Dart ar
rived at Ambrym on August 4. She land
ed a party with Commander Moore in
charge, and attacked the village of Ballat
where the outrage occurred. One seaman,
William Parker, was killed. The boat
swain, Thomas Nineham, was severely
wounded, and was brought down to the hos
pital at Noumea by the Bruat. The follow
Ing is Nineham's statement, whick I took
at his bedside: When our captain was in
formed of the skipper's death he had a long
confab with Mr. Craig, a white trader
there. It was half-past 11 at night when
we landed. There were in the party tweu
ty men, with Captain Moore, Lieutenant
Dawson, and myself. We heard that they
had sent all the womeu and children away
into the hills, us they expected us to fire on
them, but we landed near Mr. Craig's, four
miles away, by the shore. Mr. Craig came
with us, and we had two native guides
The captain led through the bush. We
went in single file: two could not walk
abreast. I don't know how many miles w
went round by the track, but we walked till
within a quarter of an hour of daylight.
never had such a hard tramp in my lite. It
was a real forced march up and down hill,
through soft ground, in which we sank up
to our knee?, over the roots of trees and
ereepers. You were hardly able to see your
hand before you. Not a word was spoken.
We passed by two villages. In one they
said there were 500 natives, but we awoke
uobody. The affair was well planned, for
we hail just got into skirmishing line in
front of the villaire when day broke. The
natives could see that we had them then
They could not get away, as the sea was at
their back. If we had attempted to land
by daylight they would have taken to the
bush, and if we had attempted to follow
they would have picked off every mother's
son of us. They beat tomtoms, and yelled
and pepper-eel away at us and we peppered
at them, but bless your heart, they would
not stand out and fight. They dodged
around the houses and trees, and a few
managed to get behind us that way. It
was one of these who had climbed a tree
who shot me in the side as I was trying to
get a sight of a beggar iu front. We had
been skirmishing then for two or three
hours. I cannot say how many they lost,
but I do not think very many got away.
Our boats had come round by this time,
and the village was burnt down. Nothing
could have been planned better. The cap
tain was in the thick oi ir. Tins was sun
day, and on Monday I heart we were to
make auother attack, but as the Bruat
came along, and the capt du kindly offered
to bring me to the hospital here, I do not
know what else was done. Po r Parker
was not dead when we left, but our doctor
said he coulel not live till morning, or they
woulei have brought him along too. He
was shot like me, by a man up a tree.
There is a missionary not far off, but bless
your heart ! they can't make anything out
of these beggars. I would like you to say
that if I had been their father the captain
and officers of the Bruat could not have
been kinder. I shall beall right iu a
week or two." Boatswain Nineham is a
very powerful man, of strong constitution,
and although several of the slugs with
which he was wounded have not been ex
traded, he will soon be convalescent. He
is well taken care of at the hospital, under
the care of one of the Sisters of St. Joseph
of Clazi, an irisu lauy wnom i Knew years
ago. General satisfaction is expressed in
Noumea, both amongst the English resi
dents and the French officers, that com
mander Moore took such prompt measures
of retribution for the murder of Captain
Belbin. it is inougnt mat it win ue a
salutary lesson to the natives. Melbourne
Argus.
Russia's Richest Man.
The richest man in Russia is Baron de
Steiglitz. He is in Russia what Jay Gould
or Vanderbilt are in the United States and
the Rothschilds are in France. His grand
father was a Hanoverian and took up his
residence in Russia during the reign of Al
exander I. He was successful iu all his
undertakings and in due time was present
ed at Court. The Emperor, by some mis
take, addressed him as Baron, and the title
of course, stuck to him ever after. The
banking-house of Baron de SteiliU has ne
gotiated nearly all the loans of the Rus
sian Government, and the present Baron
is the banker of the Crown and adviser of
the Miuister of Finance. Once he took
charge of the management of the Imperial
Bank, and in 1861, when the paper rouble
was far below par, he persuaded the Czar
to order that specie payments should be re
sumed. There was not sufficient coiu in
the banks to meet all the outstanding pa
per, but he believed that when the people
had a chance to convert their paper money
into coin they would not care to do so. He
soon found out his mistake, for the rush
as so great that the military had to be
oalled out. The wily Baron turned the bank
disaster into good account for himself,
however, as he exchanged all the paper
money he could lay his hands on for coin,
and when the bank suspended he was richer
by many millions. On auother occasion
when there was to bo au issue of a new
loan, in which there were annual drawings
for prizes, he quickly perceived the advan
tages to be derived from such a scheme,
which appealed to the public vice for gamb- i
ling, and subscribed for au enormous sum
and sold out on a rapid rise, thereby clear
ing $10,000,003. He is a singular combina
tion of liberality and avarice, and although
the possessor of at least $75,O JJ,OOJ, he cau
not risk a few dollars without evincing
great anxiety about the venture. Chrou"
icle.
The U. W. Aliny discharged 200 bales of hay. 500
sacks barley, 43 trunks of dry yood.s and 100 Hacks
of potatoes yesterday.
The Mallsgate has discharged 1,000 bundlin of
corrugated roofing. 500 bundles wire, 5,00 bogles
piping and geteral merchandise.
LATEST
LUXURIOUS OUTFIT.
Tae Style in which Some Washington
Ladies Live
One of the handsomest turnouts iu town is i
light bpriug lfiiuluu that cost $2,600. It is up
holstered iu heavy crimson satin aud perfumed
with the fair owner's favorite flower violets.
It is drawn by a pair of light buys, young, fleet
footed creatures worth $1,900. They wear $300
gold-mounted harness aud $100 blttukets, with
beautifully embroidered monograms iu the cor
uers, to keep their shiniug coats from the frosty
air. The mnn who holds the ribbons over them
has bis livery fu nished Hud receives 850 per
month, with a .stableman to help him. He
tucks, a $300 lap-robe of sealskin about Lim. j.ud
flourishes a whip that cost 8.
The uobby fuolin in who opeu.s ttud closes the
carna-je .lour, who races up an,! .lu the- steps
and rings the bells, must not bear about him
any flavor of the stable. Hd receives $25 per
mouth when youug Hud charming, aud none
other less favored will fill that post acceptably.
His livery is ulso furnished by his employers.
While these horses are being groomed,
scraped, washed and polished they are put iu
harness ; theu they prance Uefurc the .loor with
the soft-cushioned, faintly-perfumed carriage,
ready for the lady. She e.iter. Pu. U7r
dresser's art has embellished her own and
others' hair now hers by purchase her maid
or a professional has polished her nuger nails
until they have the appearance of tiny sea
shells. For effect, as we have described it, she
wears the wonderful pink silk dress with the
rose-pattern lace, a dress costing $1,000. The
jewels worn are large opals, set with diamonds,
valued at $2,000 more. A close-fitting, fur
lined jacket protects the lace-covered arms and
bosom from the cold, and au ample dolmun of
sealskin, trimmed with sable, is worn over that,
the deep hood of which is brought over the
head and face. The wrap was bought for $50).
The carriage floor is covered with 'a long woolen
Vienna rug ; beside, there is a loot-muff of Kus
siau fur worth $50, for the lady's feet. These
are clad in richly embroidered silken stockiugs,
for which was paid 8j, aud the s atiu boots cost
$15 more. Her handkerchief of poiut lace is
worth teu times its weight in gold. Her fan.
gloves and bouquet of long-stemmed rosebuds
are another $100. If there are several recep
tions on the same evening, the lady and escort
cau stop but a short time at each. To expedite
matters the footman, iu each case, waits at the
door with the wiaps uutil they come out, and
this saves the trouble of ascending to the dressing-rooms.
It is but a dress parade. The saiae people
utter the same platitude from house to house,
until waning uight or dawuiug day sends thorn
to their beds. When our gr aud dama returns
home her maid helps her up stirs, undresses
and puts ou her mistress a soft, warm, negligee
robe, brushes out h-r htir tu woj sleep, aui
when drowsiness comes, lifts her bodily and lay s
her in bed.
Same folk may imagine that the daughter of
the Pharaohs di 1 great things, but our queen of
society owns a steam yacht that could run dowu
the old Nile barge and sink it iu no lime, and
she has money enough to buy a whole cargo of
rare German aud French wiues without fooling
with her jewelry.
Elizabeth Tudor was so proud of one forloru
pair of silk sroekings that were made a present
to her that she had it meutioued iu history.
One fine lady has dozeus of pairs iu all shudes
aud colors. Sue his silk haujiugs, rich car
pets, rare paiutuigs aud delightful music ; ex
otics iu midwiuter aud ices iu the dog days.
She has more comforts and greater luxuries than
the Grand Monarch ever dreamed of in his most
pleasure-pursuing age. Washington Letter.
The Latest from Javi.
New York, September 2lst. A cable special
to the Sun from Loudon says : From dispatches
received from Batavia last uight it appears that
fears of further eruptious iu the islaud of Java
in. the immediate future have subside I, and all
the efforts of tuj people are couoeutrated ou the
work oi buryiug tti3 dead aa 1 preserving the
hoilth of the living. All along the shoresfrom
Point Lampon to the river Paguise, ou the
northern coast, aud from the river Ijemarderic
to lsipau Xok, ou the soutueru oaast, there are
found corpses thickly strewu. Iu the forests of
the interior, froui the river Ijiedom to the river
Ijietarrum, dead bodies are lyiug closely to
gether, iu some iustauces ouly partially buriol
uuder the sulphurous white mud or hardened
lava that flowed from the eruptic craters.
About daybreak ou Wednesday another of
those starthug iucideuts atteudiug upou the
great disturbance waa manifest. With a cessa
tion of the paroxysms vapors were given off cou
taing a variety of acids, aud as the lava cooled
down, salt was deposited at the mouth of the
craters. The acids of thsse vapors issuing from
fissures in the divided mountain caused au uu
usually rapid decomposition iu tli exposed
parts of the of tha great rocks at tua summit of
th seven eaks. A number of them split apart
suddenly Wednesday, rel&asiug tons of depend
ing earth. This caused several hundred slides
dtnug the morning, aud they went crashing
iown iuto the valley, carrying destruction aud
death with them. Ou the edge of the town of
Narra some fifteen or sixteeu Chiuese iu a sec
tion of the sanitary corps were buried before
they were aware of the cause of the deep
rumbling above them.
A few more dead bodies were fouud to-day at
Bautam, Warring aud Pulitia. Most of the
corpses iu the lower part of Batavia have been
disposed of and there are no fears now that the
uealtu ot the city will be effected.
Four vessels arrived late Wednesd.iv ui li t
j "O
One of them had attempted to wuter the strait
f Suuda, but had barely got through the en
trance when she struck on a sharp sunken rock,
newly thrown up, aud had a hole stove iu her
bow. She had great difficulty iu keeping the
water out by hard pumping long enough lo reach
port. No attempt will be made to navizate th
straits until a new survey aud souudiugs are
made. Large forces of men are at work in ll
directions, digging out bodies from beneath th
lava and rocks. At Compange Boora many bodies
nave been dog out. At Grogo the corpses seem
to be more mangled than in any other ton.
Most or the deaths were caused bv falling rnb c.
and debris. Reports just in from Tsirrv: ,;.,
the number of dead as 180. San Jorre lost about
1000 souls. OftheEariau Siriloas nnnnLiiinn
130 perished. Many other villa-res and hamleta
report a large proportion of their population
gone.
SHIPPING NOTES.
The D. C. Murrav took
leaves at 2 p. at. to-day.
The Ella discharged 34
. v.ij aiiu a
quantity of paint yesterday.
The D. 8. Williams has tk
tt... ...... - - u leaves
lor numuomi at ii a. jf. to-day.
The iVrtha Davies is unlading rapidly. Kero
sene, -msky and general merchandise principally
unloaded. .
The W. II. Dimond discharged yesterday 2 000
sacks of flour, 33 tanks of gasoline. 250 case- seal
oil, 100 cases sweet oil, several cases of wall mper
and general merchandi.s ?.
The Mariposa has Ukeii on Uaw4 for export 794
MS angr, 2,075 hag,, aagar, 308 handles of green
Ji. 100 handle, sheepskins and 4 barrels, of tallow,
A
THE GREELEY EXPEDITION.
The Impossibility of Aiding the Explor.
er this Year.
Washington, September Hi. Dr. i;mj
BebSels of this city, who was chief of tiH.
scientific stairof the Arctic tdeanur Polaris
in 1S71-73, and who has ulso had un t xtciid
ed Arctic experience on the coasts of Kant
Greenland and Nova Zeiubla, waa asked
by a representative of the Associated Press
this evening what he thought of the news
from Smith's Sound and of the chances of
the escape of Lieutenant Greely. He re
plied : I was nfrnid there might be diffi.
culty in c.oi.inii.ic.iiiiig with the Lady
Franklin bay -laii.u.,. and in bringing the
party away li.-m n ei .,i t. conclusion of
its work. It is not i v-iy war tlnt a vessel
can sail up Smith' .Sound and Keuuedy
Channel as the Polaris did with the Greely
party on board in LSM. I have a h i tr froru
Commander Markham of the Hiiil-h Arctic
expo iition, u litfen a yi-ar and a ha. f ago
or moras in which he, too, ixpiv si s fears
that the United States Government would
have trouble in releasing and bringing
home this party. It has been Miggestcd that
a vessel mihl tiil ivaeb UK. Danish settle
ment of t'peiiiuvik this fall and that a
sledge party might be dispatched northward
from there up the Greenlaud coast to meet
Lieutenant Greeley at the mouth of Smith's
Sound, but tlifs would not be practicable.
The Greenland coast north of LTpernaulk
ond around Melville bay is intersected by
extensive glaciers, which are esjecialiy im
possible to cross. If sledgs journeys could
be made along this coast tie Esquimaux
who live near the mouth of Smith's Sound
would communicate with the Esquimaux
of the Danish settlement, of whose exist
ence they are well aware. Especially would
they be likely to do this iu times of famine,
when, if they could reach the Danish settle
ments, they couid get food ; but they never
have done it, simply because it Is imprac
ticable even for them, an 1 still less ho for
white men. I think it too late to do any
thing for the'relief of Grec ly's party this
fall."
London, September IS. Sir George Nares
the distinguished Arctic explorer, writes to
the Times a few hopeful words to the friends
and relatives of those accompanying the
Greely exploration part. He nays there
is still hope that Lieutenant Greely may
have reached Port I-'oulke late iu the rea
son. Scientific Scraps
Smoking, says a late Southern correspond
ent, is very general at tlis South. Mill
packing hands often carry matches which
are liable to drop and he swept Into the cot
ton. An old picker can toll of picking
matches ofT his "feed," especially when
working waste and sampled cotton.
Dr. John Eriksson Is to make au exhaus
tive report of the diseases of plants, the par
asites which infest them and the remedies
for the various di st iscs. This will lie pre
sented to his own Government and presum
ably the Government of this country will
not fall to receive through so ne of Its Cm
sular agents in Sweden a copy of a report
having very lntlmat relations to our food
supply.
In a communication lo the Academy of
Sciences, Paris, W. It umay, to a claim
thrown out tlu other day by M. Jiniin on
the critical point of liquilied gasses, said
that he had determine I the discovery, cit
ing as evidence a memoir which was pub
lished, which appeared nearly thre-j years
ago in the proceedings of the ltoyal Soc ety
from April '2ll to December 11th. 18S0.
BY AUTHORITY.
if Kr1 k c.. :d I.,
V "e. . JIa'!
HIS MAJEsTi THE KINO hax Imcui graciously
pleased to permit the end mien tionod irson to
accept the decorations conferred on them lv Hin
Majeidy Milan I., King of Servia. and to wear the
insignia therio,
II. 11. H. l'rinco.-s Liliuokalani, Grand f'r .f
the ltoyal Ol d r i.f Takovo.
His Ex. John O. Domini-.. OruJ CVosm of the
ltoyal Order of Tak-.vo.
Hon. A. S. C'leghom. iir:id 1'ross of the ltoyal
Order of Takovo.
His Ex. Walter M. Oit Mi. Grand Cross f the
ltoyal Order of Takovo.
His Ex. John M. Kapena. e.rand O ulcer of th
Royal Order of Takovo.
Col. the Hon. Chan. II. Judd. Grand Onjer of
the ltoyal Order ot Takovo.
Col. J. II. 1'oyd, Knight Coinmuiidtr of the Itoy.
al Order of Takovo.
Col. Geo. W. Macfarlanc, Knight Commander of
the ltoyal Order of Takovo.
Mr. Samuel M. Damon, Knight Commander of
the lioyal Order of Takovo.
Mrs. C. P. Iaukea, Knight Companion of the
ltoyal Order of Takovo.
Major D. L. Kinimaka, KiiMit Coromnion of II.
Royal Order of Takovo.
Ioi.ani Talack. October Oth, 1883. octl3di wit.
It has pleasod His Majet-ty the King- to grant
letters patent of denization to Paul eumaiin.
Esq.
Iolani Palace, October 11th, 188.1.
ol2d.twlt
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llie bu.inens U well established, and beiug ran on a
good paying baula. and would prove a profitable lt
veatment to the right party.
The preaent proprietor', waton fur wiahing to dupo..
or this valuable buaiuena la In coueequence of having i
portant lancb lutereaU which requirra hla pcraooil
anperviaion.
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notice that the said Tai Chen haa no more riht or in
terest in the firm known aa Bow If aing h Co., No. 10
Uotel street, by virtue of a bill of sale executed Septem
ber 18. 1883, by aaid Tal Chen to Kane Wang Chen, of
Honolulu, transferring all bie right, Utls and intereat to.
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